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Kepler's laws  

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  • Kepler's laws are the three basic laws of planetary motion, first published by Johannes Kepler and based on accurate observations by Tycho Brahe. They were subsequently shown by Isaac Newton to be a direct result of his theory of gravitation and laws of motion. (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/K/Keplers_laws.html)

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